Official NPD December results (edit more numbers added)

methane47

Thanks Sonycowboy @ NeoGaf

Originally Posted by Anita Frazier:

"The U.S. Video Games industry rose an astounding 43% in 2007 bolstered by strong performance in every product category, to achieve a record-shattering $17.9B in sales. While hardware sales realized the greatest percentage growth over 2006 due to the closely scrutinized console hardware transition, each category under the video games industry umbrella reached their own "personal bests" in terms of annual sales." "While I wouldn't count on similar growth in 2008, I would expect to see 2008 increase over 2007, with more growth (proportionately) coming from software sales. While we will continue to see strong hardware sales, particularly if prices come down again, the spotlight now turns from hardware to software."

HW Sales

System December 2007 Annual 2007

PlayStation 2 1.1 million 3.97 million

PlayStation 3 797.6 K 2.56 million

PlayStation Portable 1.06 million 3.82 million

Xbox 360 1.26 million 4.62 million

Wii 1.35 million 6.29 million

Nintendo DS 2.47 million 8.50 million





Top 10 SW Sales

360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *1 1.47 million

WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 2 1.40 million

PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) *3 1.25 million

WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 4 1.08 million

360 ASSASSIN'S CREED UBISOFT NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *5 893.7 K

360 HALO 3 MICROSOFT (CORP) SEP 2007 MATURE (M) *6 742.7 K

NDS BRAIN AGE 2: MORE TRAINING IN MINUTES A NINTENDO OF AMERICA AUG 2007 EVERYONE (E) 7 659.5 K

PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS AUG 2007 EVERYONE (E) 8 655.2 K

360 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) 9 624.6 K

WII MARIO AND SONIC: OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 10 613.0 K

 

Other Software Sales

Sony's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3) 206,000 

Mass Effect (Xbox 360) 401,000

Mario Party DS (DS) 385,700

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (Wii) 147,600

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (DS) 117,200

Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PS3) 56,500

Nights: Journey of Dreams (Wii) 60,800

TimeShift (PS3) 25,000

ROCK BAND (PS3) 174,000

CALL OF DUTY 4 (PS3) 522,000

ROCK BAND (360) 463,000

Unreal Tournament 3 (PS3) +100k (9th best selling PS3 game)





Top 10 SW Annaul

360 HALO 3 MICROSOFT (CORP) SEP 2007 MATURE (M) *1 4.82 million

WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA FEB 2007 EVERYONE (E) 2 4.12 million

360 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *3 3.04 million

PS2 GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK ACTIVISION (CORP) OCT 2007 TEEN (T) *4 2.72 million

WII SUPER MARIO GALAXY NINTENDO OF AMERICA NOV 2007 EVERYONE (E) 5 2.52 million

NDS POKEMON DIAMOND VERSION NINTENDO OF AMERICA APR 2007 EVERYONE (E) 6 2.48 million

PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS AUG 2007 EVERYONE (E) 7 1.90 million

PS2 GUITAR HERO 2 ACTIVISION (CORP) NOV 2006 TEEN (T) *8 1.89 million

360 ASSASSIN'S CREED UBISOFT NOV 2007 MATURE (M) *9 1.87 million

WII MARIO PARTY 8 NINTENDO OF AMERICA MAY 2007 EVERYONE (E) 10 1.82 million



*Includes Collector's, Limited, Legendary, Bundles (Guitars) Editions



Industry Totals

Dec-07 CHG

Video Games $4.82 billion 28%

Video Games Hardware $1.83 billion 17%

Console Hardware $1.3 billion 21%

Portable Game Hardware $525.7K 7%

Video Games Software $2.37 billion 36%

Console Software $1.8 billion 47%

Portable Game Software $574.9K 11%

Video Game Accessories $621.6K 37%

*Note: The numbers have JUST come out... more and more information will be released slowly over the next couple days and I will continually update the thread.

Keebs1984

I can't believe Wii Play has sold so many copies. . .

Granted it comes with a free Wiimote, but really the game itself wasn't ll that great.

methane47

Originally posted by Keebs1984


I can't believe Wii Play has sold so many copies. . .
Granted it comes with a free Wiimote, but really the game itself wasn't ll that great.

 Well I'm pretty sure that stand alone wii-motes were REALLY hard to come by .. so Wii Play just fell right in place..

 

I doubt half those people who bought it actually played for more than 20 minutes

Keebs1984

Ya but by April Wiimotes were in fresh supply, and still the game kept on selling. Even in December it garnered over a million sales. . .

methane47

Originally posted by Keebs1984


Ya but by April Wiimotes were in fresh supply, and still the game kept on selling. Even in December it garnered over a million sales. . .

Well you Wii owners are a strange bunch... It seems no body understands why you guys do what you do